“All I remember is that when the ball got to me,” he said, “it was in a weird position by my foot. I just beat one defender, then another and I saw the goalie and did the best that I could to put it in the net.”

The goal was scored after a disagreement over a yellow card between Stillman Valley coach Lyn Larsen and an official.

“We were playing just fine, Genoa-Kingston and Stillman Valley,” Larsen said. “The official called this weird thing when he gave Micha (Robert) a yellow card after a foul right after another one of our kids had fouled him.

“So even though Micha didn’t do it twice, he gave Micha a yellow card. In my opinion, they’re taking the soccer out of it and placing themselves in the game. And then they scored immediately.”

Larsen said she was also upset when forward Leo Lenth, who is a captain on the team, was ignored by an official when asking for clarification on a call.

“He refused to talk to him and disrespected him,” Larsen said. “That upsets Leo when that happens.”

Lenth was the focus of the Cogs’ defense, who was marked throughout the match.

“Our object was to try and deny him the ball,” G-K coach Randy Tate said. “Once he gets the ball, he can do a lot of things with it.”

“Every one of our defenders were very animated today,” Tomlinson said. “They were all over the field and they marked up Leo and Leo’s an amazing player.

“So it was great that we were able to keep him from scoring.”

G-K will play Somonauk on Tuesday at Peoria Christian in the Class 1A supersectional for a chance at reaching the state tournament.